2. Properties of a Cylinder
• A solid bounded by two parallel circles
• The curved section that joins the two circles is
rectangular in shape
• Cylinders can be defined in terms of the radius of
the circles, r, and the height, h
h
r
3. 2 Dimensional Representation
• When taken apart to form a net, the cylinder
is made up of two circular faces and one
rectangular face
• The dimensions of the rectangle face
are h, the height of the cylinder, by
, the circumference of the circles
r
h
2𝜋rh
2𝜋rh
